Industrial Design & Innovation
Award winning design
Over the past thirty years our work has been featured in trade magazines, and won awards for us and our clients. We are recognised in the industry for producing elegant and sophisticated solutions.
Today Smallfry represents the best of British design on the UKTI’s China Design Task Force and is an active member of British Design Innovation and Medilink West Midlands.
Our recent awards for best product design solutions
Plastics Industry Awards Consumer Product Category 2010
We helped HAB International develop Powerbreathe, a groundbreaking electronic inspiratory-muscle training system.
The Powerbreathe Kinetic is the world’s first portable, precision electronic inspiratory muscle training system. The unique mechanism and removable head have patents pending.
PRWThe judges chose Powerbreathe as the winner because “the design for manufacture was very well considered and there was excellent attention to detail”
Design Week Award 2010
Our work for Metrasens has been awarded a coveted Design Week Award in the 2010 Industrial Product Design category. Design week awards are given for outstanding excellence in specialists design fields and we are very proud of ours.
Our work for Metrasens resulted in : a 10 fold reduction in assembly time : Product cost reduced by over 35% : An 8-fold increase in turnover (within 1 year) : and Sales forecast to double for the next 2 years.
Dr Simon Goodyear Metrasens CEOSmallfry brought a level of elegance and sophistication to our product. Their sourcing and manufacturing knowledge and project management experience has undoubtedly helped us improve our commercial proposition and delivered a real competitive advantage.
i-award winner
Metrasens were awarded ‘Best Cross-application of Technology’ at the 2009 i-awards for the Ferroguard product range developed by Smallfry. Science & Innovation Minister Lord Drayson and entrepreneur James Caan cited the products as being at the leading edge of British science, technology and innovation.
What Hi-FI Sound & Vision 2007
For Orbit Surround Airsound T3
For 25 years, the What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Awards have provided a roll-call of the hottest home-entertainment buys.
The awards have often been credited with wielding the influence to make or break a manufacturer’s products. All the top names in consumer electronics submit their latest kit to be reviewed in the magazine’s unique test facilities.
What Hi-FI Sound & Vision 2007
For Orbit Surround Airsound T3
For 25 years, the What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Awards have provided a roll-call of the hottest home-entertainment buys.
The awards have often been credited with wielding the influence to make or break a manufacturer’s products. All the top names in consumer electronics submit their latest kit to be reviewed in the magazine’s unique and strict test facilities.
DBA Design Effectiveness Award 2005
Consumer Category – Karvol Vaporiser for Crookes Healthcare
Design Effectiveness Award 2004
Consumer Category for the Marks and Spencer Travel Fan
Plastic Industry Awards 2004
The Plastic Industry Awards 2004 – Consumer Product Design Award for Marks and Spencer Travel Fan